Organization
Maine Attorney General
U.S. state attorney-general office whose public data breach notice records AT&T's April 2024 consumer-notification filing.
What to know first
- IdentityMaine Attorney General, Government agency, Government bodyHigh confidence
- People and linksUnavailable: AT&T, Policy, AT&T admitted that a data breach affected 73 million active and returning subscribersMedium confidence
Basic information
- Display nameMaine Attorney GeneralHigh confidence
- Legal typeGovernment agencyHigh confidence
- Directory categoryGovernment bodyHigh confidence
- AliasesOffice of the Maine Attorney General, Maine AGMedium confidence
- Last updatedAug 28, 2026High confidence
Locations
- Geography scopeUnited StatesHigh confidence
- Other infrastructure servicesUnited StatesMedium confidence
Other network resources
- Service platformMaine Attorney General United States Other infrastructure services · United StatesHigh confidence
People and contacts
- ContactsPolicyMedium confidence
- Available contact typesPolicyMedium confidence
Source basis
- AT&T statement on data set released on the dark webAT&T's March 30, 2024 statement said a data set released on the dark web appeared to be from 2019 or earlier and affected about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders; AT&T said it reset current-user passcodes, would communicate with affected account holders, and had no evidence of unauthorized access to its systems.High confidence
- Maine Attorney General AT&T data breach noticeThe Maine Attorney General notice records AT&T's state breach filing: 51,226,382 total persons and 89,842 Maine residents affected for that notice, breach occurrence and discovery listed as March 26, 2024, written consumer notification on April 10, 2024, Social Security number as an acquired data category, and 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks offered.High confidence
- AP report on AT&T passcode reset and affected dataAP reported that AT&T notified users, reset current-user passcodes, described the data as from 2019 or earlier, and said the exposed data did not appear to include financial information or call history but could include Social Security numbers, passcodes, email and mailing addresses, phone numbers and birth dates.High confidence
- BleepingComputer report on 73 million AT&T recordsBleepingComputer independently reported AT&T's confirmation of the 73 million-record scope, the 7.6 million current and 65.4 million former account-holder split, compromised passcodes, reset action, uncertainty over origin, and earlier public denial context.High confidence
- Reuters report on AT&T dark-web data setReuters reported AT&T's March 30, 2024 disclosure, including the current/former account-holder counts, dark-web release, ongoing source assessment, passcode reset and AT&T's statement that the incident had not had a material impact on operations.High confidence